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Environmental issues and pollution Keeley Burke 1/15/13
ancient events in Environmental issues and pollution

they stopped taking over territory they grow short on supplies.
Wood shortage was so bad that by the factories were relocated to Gaul due of a lack of firewood in the Roman heartland.
waste from mass production such as slag heaps, workshops for mass production.
Local water pollution and air pollution caused by mining and smelting.
Northern Europe was the periphery on which the core of the Roman Empire relied for raw materials.
Most of this air pollution came from burning wood.
Rome’s legendary stink came from several other sources as well, including sewage and leather tanning workers.

current events in Environmental issues and pollution

Industrial pollution is a critical public health. people around the world are at risk from toxic pollutants, these causes of illness and death are underestimated.
plastic pollution has become a growing plague, clogging our waterways marine ecosystem, and entering the marine food web.
almost all of the energy used today is a pollution
Environmental pollution is contamination of air, water and land from man-made waste.
Pollution leads to depletion of the ozone layer, global warming and climate change.
Toxic waste is waste material, often in chemical form, which pollutes the natural environment and contaminates groundwater.
Air pollution from millions of cars and hundreds of old factories blankets.